No Worries in the Heartland

Being an aquatic mammal, Pauly takes a keen interest in climate change. For him it's not just academic, it's a matter of life and death. So he was really tickled when some friends at Talking Points Memo offered him a chance to attend the Sixth Annual Conference on Climate Change, held recently in … Continue reading

No Limit Poker

The Republican majority in the House appears to be intent on playing poker using America's financial health as their stake. They've gone "all in" on the idea that they can fail to pass a debt limit and it will help, not hurt, them in the 2012 elections. On the Democratic side of the poker table, … Continue reading